Pipe



Feb. 7, 1933. A| B, LINKMAN 1,896,800 l PIPE FiledApril ll 1932vlat'enfetl Feb. 7, V1.9.33 i 1* `l l l .l l l l l.

, UNITED STATES, PATENr oFFIQci-:fgf'

LoUIs B. LINKMAN, oF CHICAGO, ILLrNors, AssIGNoitfTo M LINKMAN & Co., oFCHICAGO, iLLINoIs,A CORPORATION .or ILLINOIS.

PIPE

Application filed April'll, 1932. Serial No. $04,553.`

This invention relates to smoking pipes of ridge or square thread forfitting a similar the kind described in applicants Patent No. coarseinternalthread cut inthe bore of the 1,487,867, issued March 25, 1924,in which the stem. The mouthpiece may be removed or mouthpiece of thepipe has projecting'from inserted `by turning it along the thread apitsinner end a metal element which extends proXimately one4and-one-hal'fturns, *and'155 into the bore of the stem of the pipe bowl. when thusremoved it carries outcondensate o These metal elements which are moreor less and sediment from the bowl stem. `It is also tubular in form,serve to secure the mouth- `formed at its end-to serve as la cleaningtool piece to the pipe stem, and sometimes are so for the bowl. f f

formed at their ends to be serviceable-for Referringto the drawing, thebody 0f theV` scraping carbon deposits from the inner surpipe comprisesa bowl 1 and Vstem 2, the latface of the bowl. A ter having a taperedbore 3, terminating near Y The purpose of the present invention is tothe bOWl, and COIlIleCted With the OlOaCCO provide improvements in themetal connect- Space 4 of the` bowl by a small paSSageWfW 5.

ing means between the mouthpiece and the The taperedbore s fOrmed toprovide fora 165.

body of the pipe. square internal' thread 6, near the end 0f the In thedrawing: Y o bowlstem. Y o, o. La4 v Figure 1 is a longitudinalsectional View of The mouthpiece'7 is bored out at 8 to receive thesmoking pipe.V L .Y a metalmember l9, .and has the'usual small Fig. 2 isa side view showing the mouthsmoke passageway Y10 in line Wth'passage-'70 piece and metal reinforcement separated way l1 in member 9.y i f ffrom the tobacco holding part of the pipe, The metal member v9 iscemented in the the latter being shown partly in section. mouthpiece 7so the two turn together when Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional detail asscrewed into or out of the pipe, themember indicated by the line 3 3 ofFig. 2. 9 Vbeing threaded at l2 to fit the thread 6. {75

Pipes of the type illustrated generally arev rllwo oset cuts 13 and 14aremade on opmade of briarwood with reference tothe body posite sides ofmember 9 leaving an intermeor bowl part Vof the pipe, and the mouthpiecediate portion 15 fit-ting bore 3. Portion 15 is moulded vulcanite. Theend of the mouthis perforated at 16 for the' passage of smoke.

piece which abuts the body part of the pipe The end 17 of the member 9is tool shaped for *80 carries, in an enlargement of its bore, a metalcleaning bowl 1 at which time mouthpiece 7 element which projects intothe stem of the serves `as the toolhandle. Y bowl portion of the pipe. YAlthough but one specific embodiment of These metal elements are usefulin making this invention is hereinshown vand described,

a good connection between the mouthpiece it will beunderstood.thatvdetails of the con- F85 and bowl, strengthen the pipewherebreakstruction shown may be altered or omitted age generallyoccurs, and provide a surface without departing from the spirit of thisinupon which moisture may condense and de- Vention as delined by thefollowing claims. posit stain ,or fine particles carriedrby the I claim:y v 1 0 smoke, andare useful for cleaning the pipe, Y 1. A smoking pipe,the body of whichcon- 90 such as removing carbon encrusted on the sistsof a bowl and stem, the latter being proinside of the bowl. vided with abore tapered inwardly, the outer 1 The present construction follows thesame end of saidk stem having a coarse, square ingeneral plan but themetal nipple extending ternal thread, and the mouthpiece havingv a" fromthe mouthpiece is formed toexactlyfit passageway therethrough Iand anenlarged'f95 a tapered bore in the stem of thepipe, is rebore at the endof the mouthpiece ladjacent cessed at two points, or squared off toprothe steml of the bowl, a metallic member litvide edges forscrapingthe' surface of the ting 'the enlarged bore of the mouthpiecebore when removedtherefrom, and adjacent which is cemented to saidmouthpiece and is the butt end of the mouthpiece is a spiral` providedwith a thread for fitting the thread 100 of the bowl stemand otherwiselits the tapered bore of the bowl stem eXcept that it is cut away on oneside at its end, and is cut away at another point olfset from the endcut toleave an intermediate portion which its the bore of ther bowlstem, said intermediate vportion being perforated, and said metalelementalso having a passageway in line with Ythe passageway of the mouthpiece.

sists of a bowl and Stem, said4 stem having a tapered bore and providedlwith an internal thread near the outer end of the stem, a

mouthpiece having a passageway `therethrough, and an enlarged bore atthe end of the mouthpiece adjacent the stem of the bowl, a metallicconnectingmember having one end itting and secured in the enlarged boreof the mouthpiece, the part of said metallicconnect-V ing memberprojecting from the mouthpiece being tapered toit the bore'of the bowlstem andhaving an external thread for engaging i the thread of the bowlstem, said metallic connecting member being cut away on one'side at itsVend and being out away 'at another point inwardly from the end outleaving an f intermediate portion ttingpthe bowl stem bore and dividingthe bowl stem bore 'into two compartments, said intermediate portionhaving an inclined 'perforatiomand said connecting element `also havingva passageway communicating with the passageway of the Signed atChicagoin the county of Cook I State of Illinois this 9th day of April,1932. w .7, f

and

lLoUIs B; -LINKMAN 2. A smoking pipe, the bodyyof which con?

